Our Work

Auckland Integrated Fares System Smartcard Project
Advised the Auckland Regional Transport Authority and New Zealand Transport Agency on the project to deliver Auckland and New Zealand's first integrated ticketing system for all modes of public transport. Bell Gully advised on all aspects of the project, including procurement and drafting and negotiating contracts. A $47million 12-year project agreement was signed with a consortium in December 2009 and plans are underway for parts of the Auckland system to be used in a national integrated ticketing approach.

Siemens (NZ) Limited smart metering joint venture
Bell Gully advised Siemens (NZ) Limited on the establishment of a joint venture with Vector Limited, New Zealand's leading owner and manager of network infrastructures, to deliver advanced smart metering technology and operational services to customers throughout New Zealand.

Payroll Business Process Outsourcing
We advised Talent2 of Australia on its business process outsourcing payroll project with the Ministry of Education; the largest project of its kind in New Zealand.

Group 4 Securicor (G4S) contract to supply the Department of Corrections
Bell Gully advised G4S, the world's leading provider of electronic monitoring services, on an agreement to provide home detention monitoring services to the Department of Corrections. G4S currently monitors around 36,000 offenders in the UK, the US and Israel, and partnered with New Zealand company ICON Group to provide the technology and deliver the equipment. The G4S web-based monitoring system allows seamless integration of radio frequency, voice verification and global positioning technologies. It also enables probation staff to access the system for information on an offender's movements from anywhere with an internet connection.

Xero IPO
Bell Gully advised Xero, an accounting software service company, on its initial public offering (IPO) and listing on the New Zealand Stock Exchange. This was the first ever IPO in New Zealand of a company that was pre-revenue and pre-customers.

Datasquirt IPO
Bell Gully advised contact centre software company Datasquirt on the New Zealand aspects of its Australian IPO and ASX listing which raised A$7.2 million (NZ$8.4 million) to fund its international expansion plans.

Quest acquisition of AfterMail
Bell Gully acted for Quest, a US-based software company, on the purchase of AfterMail, a New Zealand company that develops software applications for archiving and organising email. The deal was achieved in a short time-frame of just a couple of weeks and featured a dozen exiting trusts and their protection, as well as complex intellectual property and source code issues. US$14 million, plus performance-related consideration of up to US$30 million.

TelstraClear's settlement and broadband access
Bell Gully advised TelstraClear on an agreement with Telecom by which Telecom supplies TelstraClear with unbundled bitstream services on commercial terms and on an accelerated basis, in lieu of a regulated service prescribed by the Commerce Commission. The final deal was negotiated in a very tight timeframe, while addressing numerous and complex issues on the regulatory framework and Commerce Commission decisions.

Business Process Outsourcing Agreement
We have advised on the restructuring and renewal of the Item Imaging (Cheque Processing) outsourcing agreement, acting for Bank of New Zealand (BNZ). In 1997 Bell Gully acted as lead legal advisor on a contract BNZ, ASB Bank, National Bank and EDS (New Zealand) for the outsourcing to EDS of all of the cheque processing work of each of those banks. The service was so successful that that contract was later renewed with Westpac also joining in 2006.

Rakon initial public offering
Bell Gully advised Rakon, a world leading high performance quartz crystal components manufacturer, on its initial public offering and listing on the New Zealand Stock Exchange. The team advised Rakon and its selling shareholder on a wide range of sale and listing options for the company, which has developed what it believes to be the world’s smallest GPS radio frequency receiver module. It was a very successful offer, heavily oversubscribed and raising NZ$66 million for a market capitalisation of about NZ$170 million.

Rakon Limited purchase of C-MAC MicroTechnology's Frequency Control Products division
Bell Gully advised New Zealand technology company Rakon on the acquisition of the Frequency Control Products division of C-MAC MicroTechnology of France. The acquisition was funded by a NZ$60 million equity placement to institutional and habitual investors.

Navman
We advised Navman on a wide range of commercialisation issues, including drafting and negotiating OEM licences, evaluation licences, design and development contracts, data licences, source code licences, software development kit licences, beta test agreements, as well as agreements for fleet management, system deployment, hosting, distributorships, partnerships and strategic alliances.

Acquisition of Cap Gemini NZ by Hewlett Packard
Bell Gully advised leading global technology company Hewlett Packard on the acquisition of an IT consulting business operating under licence from Cap Gemini. The deal involved working with Hewlett Packard counsel in Australia and Japan on this wholly New Zealand transaction.